Mango Accused of Copying Italian Label Attico's Dress Designs

Another day, another fast-fashion controversy: This time, it’s Spanish retailer Mango in the hot seat, for allegedly ripping off designs from indie retailer Attico, Refinery29reports.

For those unfamiliar with Attico, the Italian womenswear label was launched in 2016 by former fashion editors Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio. Along with dozens of brick-and-mortar stores throughout Italy, Attico’s high-end, vintage-inspired womenswear is sold internationally at luxury retailers (including Bergdorf Goodman and Opening Ceremony) and online at Net-A-Porter and Moda Operandi. It’s a small label with big influence.

Over the weekend, Tordini and Ambrosio took to social media to call out Mango for allegedly copying the ‘Elena’ dress from Attico’s spring/summer 2017 collection. The dress — a long-sleeved, white kimono-inspired frock with embroidered floral detailing on the bodice — retails for $1,870, and debuted several months ago. As the designers pointed out on their Instagram stories, Mango recently debuted a similar version. A photo, taken from Instagram account @rosa_h_f (which documents fashion rip-offs) shows the two dresses side-by-side. Mango's 'Oriental print dress' retails for $79.99.

This isn’t the first time Mango has been accused of copyright infringement: Just last year, the fashion brand was sued by Isabel Marant for copying a boot design from the French label’s Fall ’13 collection (that case, tried in a French court, ruled in favor of Marant). We reached out to Mango for comment, but the brand has yet to respond to the accusations.